All suggestions were good, despite the fact that I didn't post as clear a question as I should have. Im making ethernet library with TCP client and TCP server support using. I'm looking for something with a clear 'TCP Connection completed successfully/failed' type response, if such a tool exists.Įdit #2: Thanks to everyone who answered. If you dont have the whole tool-chain installed, please refer to the free.

The tool provides handy server monitoring features. While telnet works, it doesn't explicitly state whether or not the TCP connection was successful you have to look at the title bar and the contents of the terminal output, which, for some reason, seems to be impossible to users. The program proves its utility when you have to debug or handle multiple TCP and UDP socket servers. I'm familiar with Telnet and putty, and it is what I currently use, however, I'm in an environment where I have to guide non-technical users through troubleshooting very technical problems over the phone, without any form of remote access (sounds fun, right?). Something that's already built into windows would be ideal, but a small executable that does this (preferably command line, standalone executable).Įdit: I should have specified further. I've been looking around for something similar, and I've searched Super User, but I can't seem to find anything. This functionality used to exist in windows xp (netsh diag connect iphost ), but the Netsh diag commands seem to have been removed in vista/7. I'm looking for a tool that works across windows (xp through 7) that will allow me to open a TCP connection to a specified ip and port.

Tcp client tool